How to get an empty cell when SUM cells are empty?

When doing a SUM, I want the result to be blank if there are no numbers yet. In Excel, if you have =SUM(A6:A30) with empty cells, the result is an empty cell.
In Numbers, it's a zero.
I know you can use =IF(SUM(A6:A30)>0,SUM(A6:A30),"") to put an empty string in the cell if there's nothing to add, but this doesn't work for negative numbers.
I tried =SUMIF(A6:A30,"count(A6:A30)>0") and it puts a zero there even if all the cells are blank, and I don't think it's correct anyway.
=IF(SUM(A6:A30)>0,SUM(A6:A30),(IF(SUM(A6:A30)<0,SUM(A6:A30),"")))
works, but it seems rather cumbersome.
Is there a better way?
Ideas?

Terrell Smith wrote:
=IF(SUM(A6:A30)>0,SUM(A6:A30),(IF(SUM(A6:A30)<0,SUM(A6:A30),"")))
works, but it seems rather cumbersome.
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Hello
The best way I found to solve your problem is:
=IF(COUNT(A6:A30),SUM(A6:A30),"")
Which reads:
if at least one cell of the range (A6:A30) contains a numeric value returns SUM(A6:A30)
else
returns a blank cell.
Of course, if the sum is nil the displayed [thanks you Barry ;-)] value will be a zero.
Maybe it's what schubladenschrank was offering but I don't read Deutsch.
Just for info, your formula may be shorten as:
=IF(SUM(A6:A30)=0,"",SUM(A6:A30))
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE samedi 2 février 2008 13:55:43)

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